Lyric Poetry As State Criticism in Modern Japan

Marianne Tarcov (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2026
Cornell University East Asia Program (Verlag)
978-1-5017-8678-5 (ISBN)

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Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for political expression under censorship. In an era of intense state control, Japanese poets such as Kitahara Hakushū, Hagiwara Sakutarō, Yonezawa Nobuko, and Ōte Takuji turned to lyric poetry to discuss police censorship and surveillance of modern media, state-sponsored efforts at Western-style modernization, and the policing of gender and sexuality. Marianne Tarcov shows how lyric form, widely perceived as personal and harmless, enabled poets to veil their critique in plain sight.

Through close readings and original translations, Tarcov reframes the role of poetry in twentieth-century Japan. She demonstrates that lyric was not merely an aesthetic retreat; it was a space where public and private, art and politics, could intersect and sometimes clash. Lyric Poetry as State Criticism in Modern Japan reshapes how we understand voice, complicity and critique in repressive regimes. It will speak to anyone interested in literature, media, and the power of quiet dissent.

Marianne Tarcov is Assistant Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at McGill University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.3.2026
Zusatzinfo	9 b&w halftones - 9 Halftones, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-5017-8678-4 / 1501786784
ISBN-13	978-1-5017-8678-5 / 9781501786785
Zustand	Neuware